Australia's ambassador to China was on Thursday barred from the trial of an academic held on spying charges, in a case that has exacerbated a bitter row between the two nations.
Australian Ambassador Denied Entry to Beijing Trial of Writer Yang Hengjun
Australian Ambassador to China Graham Fletcher has been denied entry to the closed court trial on espionage charges of Australian writer Yang Hengjun which began in Beijing today.
“Unfortunately, we’ve just been denied entry into the court,” Fletcher told reporters outside the Beijing Second Intermediate Court on Thursday.
The CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus (novel coronavirus) pandemic was given as the reason Fletcher was denied access, and also because it was a national security case.
“This is deeply regrettable, concerning, and unsatisfactory,” he said. Australian Ambassador to China Graham Fletcher (L) walks out from an entrance to the Beijing Second Intermediate People’s Court after being refused access to the trial of Australian academic Yang Jun, also known as Yang Hengjun, on espionage charges in Beijing on May 27, 2021. (Nicolas Asfouri/AFP via Getty Images)
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